I'll upload my favorite scenery I met on journeys around the world. Countries and Regions visited

2016/06/12

Hanga Roa (Easter Island)

Arrive in Mataveri Airport, Hanga Roa in Easter Island at the flight of 5 hours and half from Papeete in Tahiti.

video (26 sec)   Shooting from aircraft approaching to Mataveri Airport in Easter Island.

Statues along approach towards the terminal building.


The entrance of terminal building, Mataveri Airport.


Inside of terminal building

Front entrance of the terminal building.

Putting a welcome lei around the neck of arriving tourists.  It's a same Polynesian culture as Hawaii and Tahiti.

We got such a flower lei.

Even when leaving Easter Island, we got a farewell lei.

The farewell lei we got was a pendant of moai.

The waiting room for departure in Mataveri Airport.

View from the waiting room

Hanga Roa is the only town in Easter Island.

The gate of Hotel Oceania Rapa Nui staying in Hanga Roa.  Rapa Nui means Easter Island in the local language.

It's a 3-star hotel nearest from airport, about 10 minutes on foot.

The reception building of hotel


The alley from the gate to the reception of hotel.

This hotel has several buildings scattered in the garden.

It's the reception and lobby building.

It's the reception

Lobby

Each buildings in hotel are tied by such a passage.

Stay in the guest room of a terraced house.


The terrace in front of the guest room.

Garden pool

It's the restaurant building.

the terrace of the restaurant

Inside of the restaurant

The decoration of folk arts in the restaurant.

Fr. Sebastian Englert Anthropology Museum in Easter Island.

  Only original eye of moai statue discovered in the sand of Ahu Nao Nao.

End of Hanga Roa in Easter Island.    return to countries visited

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